Abstract: A drum for a washing machine has a suds container, in which the drum can be rotatably mounted about a horizontal or inclined axis, including a cylindrical shell that is delimited by means of two opposite end walls, at least one driver element that is attached to the inner surface of the shell. A driver element for the drum is designed as a curved body having a curvature directed toward the drum interior and is arranged at a distance from the end walls.

Abstract: A washing machine and/or dryer, having a housing, a flap integrated into the housing, and a tab made of a soft and/or flexible material, which tab is arranged on the flap such that it is arranged in a protruding manner relative to the housing and the flap, and is designed such that, by pulling on the tab, a folding of the flap from the housing is triggered.

Abstract: A drum for a washing machine has a suds container, in which the drum can be rotatably mounted about a horizontal or inclined axis, including a cylindrical shell that is delimited by means of two opposite end walls, at least one driver element that is attached to the inner surface of the shell. A driver element for the drum is designed as a curved body having a curvature directed toward the drum interior and is arranged at a distance from the end walls.

Abstract: A washing machine and/or dryer, having a housing, a flap integrated into the housing, and a tab made of a soft and/or flexible material, which tab is arranged on the flap such that it is arranged in a protruding manner relative to the housing and the flap, and is designed such that, by pulling on the tab, a folding of the flap from the housing is triggered.

Abstract: A method for operating a household appliance having at least one sensor for detecting a user of the household appliance includes evaluating a movement of the user sensed by the sensor; providing a switch-on signal to place the household appliance in a state of operational readiness if, in the evaluating step, the movement is recognized as an approaching movement relative to the household appliance that is sensed in a predetermined first sensing region; and outputting an activation signal to activate a control-movement recognition function of the household appliance using the switch-on signal if, in the evaluating step, the movement is recognized as an approaching movement relative to the household appliance that is sensed in a predetermined second sensing region.

Abstract: A front-loading machine for treating laundry includes a loading opening, a hinged door, a locking mechanism and an operating device. The loading opening is disposed on a front wall of the machine. The hinged door is receivable by a receiving area on the front wall so as to close the loading opening. The locking mechanism is configured to hold the door in a closed position. The operating device is configured to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism. The operating device includes a sensor configured to detect a contact or a contact-free incursion into a detection zone thereof. The sensor is disposed on at least one of the door and the receiving area on the front wall.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a housing having a stamped section recessed relative to a front of the housing and circumferentially surrounding a loading opening to a rotatably mounted drum of the appliance. A door is disposed on the front of the housing for closing the loading opening. An edge of the door and a surrounding edge of the stamped section form a gap area between them when the door is in a closed position. An illumination device is disposed in the stamped section so as to be concealed behind the door when the door is in the closed position. Light of the illumination device is reflected at an edge surface of the stamped section and a surface of the door edge so as to provide an illuminating ring visible at the front of the housing in the gap area.

Abstract: A front-loading machine for treating laundry includes a loading opening, a hinged door, a locking mechanism and an operating device. The loading opening is disposed on a front wall of the machine. The hinged door is receivable by a receiving area on the front wall so as to close the loading opening. The locking mechanism is configured to hold the door in a closed position. The operating device is configured to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism. The operating device includes a sensor configured to detect a contact or a contact-free incursion into a detection zone thereof. The sensor is disposed on at least one of the door and the receiving area on the front wall.